A study of the mechanisms of normal-appearing white matter damage in multiple sclerosis using diffusion tensor imaging: Evidence of Wallerian degeneration

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Ciccarelli, Olga ^a   Werring, David J ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Griffin, Colette M ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia A M ^a   Miller, David H ^a   Thompson, Alan J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal loss; Diffusion tensor imaging; Lesion load; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0037356247     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0992-5     Document Type: Article

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